June 5th, 2009
Microsoft confirms the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 release date for the holliday shopping season.
Those waiting anxiously for the next version of Windows now have a date to anticipate. Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 will be launched on October 22, 2009. This date, which is referred to as General Availability (GA), is in line with Microsoft's previous statement saying that it would have Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 ready by the holidays. After the software giant unleashed the official Release Candidate on May 5, it became apparent that development on the follow-up to Vista was close to wrapping up. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: microsoft, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, Server, Server 2008 R2, windows
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May 4th, 2009
RIM on Monday said its latest enterprise server was available and detailed a strategic alliance with Hewlett-Packard.
As expected, RIM rolled out (full details can be found here) its BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0. The latest version offers more IT administration controls and integrates RIM push technology with Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino and Novell Groupwise. RIM’s latest effort also focuses on role-based controls, identifying “disallowed” applications and scheduling deployments. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: E-mail Servers, Enterprise Server, Enterprise Software, Handhelds, Hewlett-Packard Co., Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, RIM Blackberry Enterprise Server, Server, Wireless And Mobility
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April 22nd, 2009
We came across this article while doing an install for one of our clients and could not get ESXi server to install on a dell server that was 5 years old. Needless to say this really saved us some headaches and time and we got the installation to proceed smoothly after following these procedures.
By default, if the ESXi install can not find a supported device to install to, then the installer will quit with the error message: "Unable to find a supported device to write the VMware ESX Server 3i 3.5.0 image to." If it is the case that the IDE drive in your host is not recognized by ESXi, then you will be able to modify the install script TargetFilter.py to recognize your IDE device as a supported install device. You can find the list of devices that ESXi can recognize here.
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Tags: ESX 3i, Installation, Server, VMWare
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